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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2951763, member: 85693&quot;]I like &#039;em both, H8_modern.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have any denarii of Lucius Verus because I am waiting for a cheap one with a good portrait.&nbsp; As with many 2nd century Roman coins, portrait quality varies quite a lot and I don&#039;t want a Verus that looks like a Commodus, if you know what I mean.&nbsp; Yours are quite obviously Verus. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do have two sestertii of L. Verus.&nbsp; Neither are very pretty - the one on the left suffers from over-cleaning, the one on the right is a tad crusty.&nbsp; But they were cheap and I really liked the portraits (Victory inscribing a shield is a favorite reverse of mine as well).&nbsp; Interesting to note the variations in weight on the sestertius of this era.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721247[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721248[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Lucius Verus</b></p><p><b>Æ Sestertius - Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>(166-167 A.D.)</b></p><p>L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right / TR POT VIII IMP IIII COS III S-C, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. RIC 1471; Cohen 209.</p><p>(23.07 grams / 32 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lucius Verus</b></p><p><b>Æ Sestertius - Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>(166-167 A.D.)</b></p><p>VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right / TR POTVII IMP IIII COS II S-C, Victory standing facing, holding palm frond &amp; placing shield inscribed VIC/PAR on palm tree. RIC (Aurelius) 1457.</p><p>(16.47 grams / 27 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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